Free Negroes.
Calcasieu, 35,486 2,367 947 280
Livingston, 60,885 3,998 1,297 7
Sabine, 85,446[275] 3,585 1,409 ---
Vermillion, 73,654 3,260 1,378 19
Winn, 43,406 4,314 1,007 38
------- ------ ------ ---
298,877 17,524 6,038 343
17,524
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Total whites and slaves, 23,562
343
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Aggregate population, 23,905

TABLE II.

Total acres of /-------------Population---------------\
land owned. Whites. Slaves. Free Negroes.
Carroll, 246,582 2,409 9,529 ---
Concordia, 318,395 1,384 11,908 11
Madison, 304,494 1,293 9,863 ---
Tensas, 323,797 1,255 13,285 328
W. Feliciana, 230,966 1,985 10,450 68
--------- ------ ------ ---
1,224,234 8,326 55,035 407
8,326
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Total whites and slaves, 63,361
407
------
Aggregate population, 63,768

It will be seen from the above, that the white population of the
parishes in table I exceeds the slaves nearly three to one; while, in
the parishes in table II, the slaves exceed the whites nearly seven to
one.

If the land were divided equally among the aggregate population, each
inhabitant of the parishes in table I would have 12 acres, and each
inhabitant of the parishes in table II would have 22 acres. Here lesson
1 ends, by proving that there is not as great a demand for land, by
nearly one half, where the population consists of one white man and
seven negroes. By referring to a map of Louisiana, it will be seen that
the territori